Bottle-stopper fastening



(No Model.)

KALLING, Jr.

BOTTLE STOPPER FASTENING.

Patented Nov. 1 '7 l 885.

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UNITED STATES FFICE. I

PATENT BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,712, dated November1'7, 1885.

Application filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177,517. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS KALLING, J r., of the city of Baltimore, andState of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Bottle- StopperFastenings, of which the following is a specification.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is madeto the accompanying drawings,forming apart hereof,andin which- Figure Iis an exterior side view of a bottle and stopper provided with myinvention, and showing the stopper fastened in place. Fig. II is asimilar view, except that the bottle is seen from a different point andthat the stopper is in place,but not fastened. Fig. III is a sectiontaken on the dotted line w m, Fig. I. Figs. IV, V, and VI illustratedetails of the invention as hereinafter described.

A is the bottle, and B the stopper,which consists of a flanged washer ofindia-rubber or other flexible material.

C is a semicircular wire having trunnions a fastened around the neck ofthe bottle by means of the tie b, as is common in bottlestoppingdevices. (See Fig. VI.)

D is a circular cap having a boss, 0, on its under side,provided with astem,d, with a head, e, by means of which it is connected to the stopperB. The stopper has a hole slightly less in diameter than the stem d, andit is forced over the head 6, which insures a close connection. The capD has strapsf f, which extend from its periphery and at a right anglewith reference to the face of the stopper, (see Fig. IV, in which twoviews of the cap and its attachments are shown.) The ends of straps ffare slotted, the slots being denoted by g, and they are placed over thetrunnions a, as shown particularly in Figs. I and II. The slots admit ofthe cap and its stopper being raised so as to bring the latter entirelyout of the bottle-neck, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. II, and whenthe stopper is thus raised it can be thrown down to the positionindicated by the broken lines, same figure.

E is a clamp,(see Fig. V, .in which two views of it are shown) pivotedto the trunnion a and adapted to be forced over the cap D to drive thestopper B tightly within the bottle-neck, as shown in Figs. I and III.The boss 0 being smaller in diameter than the stopper D, it is forcedinto the latter in the closing of the bottle and the flange of thestopper turned up. (See Fig. III.) By this construction of the capgreater flexibility is given to the stopper than if its entire surfacewerein contact with the cap before compression. One side of the straps ff is provided with stops h, which come in contact with the clamp E andprevent the same from passing beyond a central position in closing thebottle. The clamp E has a thumb-piece, i, to be used in moving the clampto and from its position over the cap.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a bottle and itsstopper, a cap attached to the said stopper, slotted straps extendingfrom the cap, trunnions which project from the neck of the bottle andthrough the slotted straps, and a clamp pivoted to the said trunnionsand adapted to be forced over the said cap, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a bottle and its stopper, the cap D,having theslotted straps f, arranged diametrically opposite to each other andprovided with the stops h, the trunnions a,which project radially fromthe neck of the bottle and through the slotted straps, and the swingingclamp E, pivoted to the said trunnions and arranged to be moved over thesaid cap and in contact with the said stops, substantially as specified.

LEWIS KALLING, JR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. ARNoLD, DANL. FIsHER.

